Patch set updated for coreboot: 3665ace libpayload: Remove unused FLAG_USED from memory allocator

just uploaded a new patch set to gerrit, which you can find at http://review.coreboot.org/1950

-gerrit

commit 3665ace13de68e798de31499197cc600d2426967
Author: Nico Huber 
Date:   Mon Oct 8 15:03:35 2012 +0200

libpayload: Remove unused FLAG_USED from memory allocator

The FLAG_USED bit in the memory allocator's header type was never
    read. This removes it to save one bit for the region size so we can
    have heaps of up to 32MiB.

Change-Id: Ibd78e67d79e872d6df426516667c795fd52326d5
    Signed-off-by: Nico Huber 
    Reviewed-on: http://review.coreboot.org/1942
    Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins)
    Reviewed-by: Stefan Reinauer 
---
 payloads/libpayload/libc/malloc.c | 14 +++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/payloads/libpayload/libc/malloc.c b/payloads/libpayload/libc/malloc.c
index 82bae3c..7756a3b 100644
--- a/payloads/libpayload/libc/malloc.c
+++ b/payloads/libpayload/libc/malloc.c
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
  * We're also susceptible to the usual buffer overrun poisoning, though the
  * risk is within acceptable ranges for this implementation (don't overrun
  * your buffers, kids!).
+ *
+ * The header format (hdrtype_t) supports heaps of up to 32MiB (given that int
+ * is 32 bits long).
  */

#define IN_MALLOC_C
@@ -51,14 +54,15 @@ typedef unsigned int hdrtype_t;

#define MAGIC     (0x2a << 26)
 #define FLAG_FREE (1 << 25)
-#define FLAG_USED (1 << 24)
+#define SIZE_BITS 25
+#define MAX_SIZE  ((1 << SIZE_BITS) - 1)

-#define SIZE(_h) ((_h) & 0xFFFFFF)
+#define SIZE(_h) ((_h) & MAX_SIZE)

-#define _HEADER(_s, _f) ((hdrtype_t) (MAGIC | (_f) | ((_s) & 0xFFFFFF)))
+#define _HEADER(_s, _f) ((hdrtype_t) (MAGIC | (_f) | ((_s) & MAX_SIZE)))

#define FREE_BLOCK(_s) _HEADER(_s, FLAG_FREE)
-#define USED_BLOCK(_s) _HEADER(_s, FLAG_USED)
+#define USED_BLOCK(_s) _HEADER(_s, 0)

#define HDRSIZE (sizeof(hdrtype_t))

@@ -91,7 +95,7 @@ static void *alloc(int len)
    /* Align the size. */
    len = (len + 3) & ~3;

-	if (!len || len > 0xffffff)
+	if (!len || len > MAX_SIZE)
    	return (void *)NULL;

/* Make sure the region is setup correctly. */